She maintains her allegations of sexual assault but has decided to withdraw her complaint against Donald Trump. In January 2017, just before Donald Trump entered the White House, Summer Zervos filed a civil libel complaint against the businessman because he called her a “liar”.
Mr Trump has always denied it, but Ms Zervos accused him of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2007 at a hotel in Los Angeles. Summer Zervos is a former contestant for the reality show “The Apprentice” which Donald Trump has long hosted.
“All complaints are dropped,” reads a New York State Supreme Court court document dated Friday and signed by lawyers for both parties.
“After five years (of procedure), Ms. Zervos no longer wishes to have a dispute with the accused (Donald Trump) and has ensured the right to speak freely about his experience,” the lawyers told AFP. complainant, Moira Penza and Beth Wilkinson. They specified that their client “maintained her accusations and had not accepted any financial compensation”.
The reasons were not disclosed
On the side of the former US president, his lawyer Alina Habba described Summer Zervos’ decision as “prudent”. “She had no other choice because it was obvious that on the basis of the incriminated facts our client had done nothing wrong,” the lawyer told AFP.
Neither party has explained why Ms Zervos dropped her defamation claim. In total, around twenty women have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment in recent years.
In addition to Summer Zervos, columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses the ex-real estate mogul of having raped her in a fitting room of a New York department store in the mid-1990s. former president in New York court for defamation.
Mr. Trump, who has denied all of the allegations, has never faced criminal prosecution for the long-barred charges.
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